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INITIATION: A TRADITIONAL FORMAL LEARNING SYSTEM IN ARMAH’S SELECTED NOVELS

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Toussaint TIEMTORE
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Résumé | Abstract

This study explores Armah’s representation of structured learning in traditional African societies through Two Thousand Seasons, The Healers, and Kmt: In the House of Life. It analyses the selected works through the lenses of Frantz Fanon’s, and Kwame A. Appiah’s perspectives on postcolonial theory. Contrary to views of precolonial education as informal, Armah depicts organised systems with specific goals, instructors, and curricula. Learning takes place in initiation schools, training villages, and specialised communities, blending practical skills with moral, spiritual, and cultural instruction while fostering cohesion and identity. By highlighting these integrated systems, Armah reclaims indigenous pedagogies, challenges colonial definitions of formal education, and offers insights for postcolonial educational reforms rooted in African traditions.

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7

Numéro

12

Date de publication

08-06-2026
(06 - 2026)

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